The Weekender you know and are holding in your hands right now is about the same age as most NIU students. First dubbed Spotlight when it premiered on Thursday, September 8, 1983, the eight-page entertainment section was considered a bit risky. "Our newsroom...

Marc Turnes can sometimes be swayed to root for the bad guy in the ongoing battle between good and evil. Turnes, a computer science major, said a superior film villain should be held in high esteem. "A good villain is calculating, intelligent and demands...

Eric Johnson is a man of many titles and not of the WWE variation. Johnson, a senior public administration major, serves as student trustee and is a member of the DeKalb County Board. He could hardly have imagined being so involved with the community...

Despite an offseason of steroid talk, Sweeps still embraces Whitman’s love and respect for the game of baseball. However, some fans of the game are more blessed than others, paticularly those who get to follow winning teams. Sweeps asked these students...

Every two weeks, Sweeps will take a look back at NIU decade by decade. This is in no way a rip-off of that VH1 series we’ve never seen and certainly never bought the DVDs of. In two weeks, we will remember the future in "NIU loves the 2010s." Just kidding....

DeKalb isn’t known for its crazy club scene. Starbusters Bar & Grill, 930 Pappas Drive, and Otto’s Niteclub, 118 E. Lincoln Highway, lean more toward the live-music side of bar entertainment. Fatty’s, 1312 W. Lincoln Highway and Molly’s, 1022...

Why is it that when the weather gets just one degree above 50, the whole campus seems to come out of hiding? Perhaps it has to do with not getting enough Vitamin D. How should I react to the different groups now surrounding me on campus? Give me your...

"Did I Promise You Moliere?" is a study of three S’s: subjectivity, sexuality and sacrilege. It follows the Woody Allen and Jerry Lee Lewis-esque incestuous, age-gapped sex romp of French playwright Moliere. Stevens Building’s Corner Theatre will...

The fiery bird gracing the cover of "Meltdown" like a phoenix rising from the Ash-es is fitting for the band's current state. After failing to break into mainstream America with their previous releases, the Irish band is pushing once again to make its...

Some band lineups should never be touched, tampered with or changed in any way, shape or form. Take U2 for example. If The Edge suddenly left the Irish quartet, the power, prestige and musical brilliance would be gone forever. Without the effects laden...

Mando Diao sure were happy. At least, the Swedish garage rock/mod revivalists were on their 2003 debut. The band’s brilliant debut toed the line between smarmy arrogance and refreshing optimism. Dual vocalists Gustaf Noren (arrogance) and Bjorn Dixgard...

Most college students cannot afford to spend money on their cars, but there are a handful of enthusiasts who put caution to the wind and will stop at nothing to have the best of the best for their ride. By modifying the exterior to turn heads at every...